Our Mission
Distressed Children International (DCI), Inc is a US registered charitable non-profit organization. It was founded in 2005 to improve the socio-economic, educational, and health conditions of the underprivileged children in the United States and worldwide.
Most of us take for granted the basic necessities of life: food, water, shelter, health, education and family. But there are millions of children in the world who do not have these essential necessities, who do not have any hope for the future. DCI’s goal is to help provide these necessities for impoverished children throughout the world. At DCI, we have chosen sponsorship as the base program for helping children in developing countries because we have found that sponsorship is the most effective way to provide stable, long-term, ongoing services to the children and the families we serve. DCI also works with families and communities of its sponsored children to develop sustainable income-generating activities for long-term prosperity.
With your support, DCI intends to continue making a difference, even if it is just one child at a time.
Mission Statement
To provide for the basic needs of distressed children and give them the
opportunity for education and future economic possibilities. To provide
American children the opportunity to develop leadership qualities and positive
life skills.
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Vision
The vision of DCI is a society where underprivileged and disadvantaged children have equal access to basic human amenities, including education, healthcare, food, shelter and opportunities for a secure and prosperous life. DCI hopes for a day in which child labor will be eliminated globally.
DCI also has a clear vision of a world where privileged children are
compassionate givers who become responsible individuals, leading the world to
peace.
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Strategy
The strategy of DCI is integrated community development, particularly by empowering the disadvantaged. This includes:
- Promoting the UN convention on the right of the child (CRC).
- Increasing awareness, knowledge, and skills through opportunity for
appropriate education and training to the disadvantaged.
- Improving socio-economic conditions of disadvantaged families and
communities through business associations and small business development
support.
- Informing and educating American children about world issues, through
family-supervised sponsorship, email, letters, onsite visits and our website.
- Youth volunteer opportunities.
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Goals
- Prevent school dropouts by
- Making available ample educational opportunities
- Providing quality healthcare services
- Prevent childhood blindness by
- Conducting eye screenings and detecting potential causes of blindness; this includes glaucoma, congenital cataracts, developmental cataracts, conjunctivitis, Trachoma, and River Blindness.
- Providing effective treatment for above diseases
- Supporting training for and research in prevention methods, treatment of congenital and developmental cataracts, including pediatric IOL (Intra Ocular Lens) implant technologies.
- Prevent and control the spread of HIV/AIDS by
- Conducting awareness campaigns, advocacy and training
- Find additional opportunities to improve the socio-economic, educational, environmental, and health conditions of underprivileged children in the U.S.A. and developing countries.
- Motivate and involve American children in humanitarian work and develop their intellectual and leadership abilities, teaching them to take responsibility for the well-being of others.
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Financial Accountability
DCI is accountable to the sponsors and donors to use their contribution in the best way possible to help impoverished and distressed children, their families and communities around the world.
Around 90% of total income, including commodities, goes to field programs. The remaining 10% is used for administrative expenses including program management, fund raising, office expenses etc.
DCI works both in the United States and abroad.
Here is our tax Filings 2006 2007
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